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| A group of computers that are connected together to communicate and share resources |
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| Any piece of hardware such as a computer, server, printer, fax |
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| Network Adapter(Network Interface Card) |
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| HArdware that translates data between the network and a device |
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| Software that controls network traffic and access to network resources |
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| Controls network communications using a set of rules(think of a protocol as a language) |
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| Is a network computer that shares resources to requests from other network computers, including servers. Also provides services for those requests |
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| A network computer that ultilizes the resources of other network computers(servers, printers and other clients) |
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| A self sufficient computer that acts as both a server and a client(most commonly workstations, desktops, laptops) |
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| A powerful, centralized computer system(think mainframe)that performs data storage and processing on behalf of clients and other network devices |
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| A more generalized term to refer to any independant system on a TCP/IP network |
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| A specialized network device on a host-based(centralized) network that transmits data entered by the user to the host for processing and displays the results |
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| Is software on a client computer that represents itself as a terminal to the host computer |
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| A centralized hierarchial database that stores and organizes data(objects) about network users and network resources |
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| Each piece of data is an object and each object has a set of attributes |
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| Identify Some Common Network Directories |
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Microsoft= Active Directory
Novell= eDirectory
Unix= Directory Services |
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